Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in ...

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Ancient Roman gladiators are often imagined as chiselled, bronzed heroes of the arena, akin to today’s top athletes. But the ...

Visitors to the Colosseum in Rome can now walk through a tunnel that even in Roman times was exclusively reserved for emperors ...

Three people have died after an avalanche pummeled through them in Italy’s Ortles mountain today. The incident happened as two groups of hikers reached 3,200 metres in Cima Vertana, a train in the ...

Spartacus: House of Ashur has set December 5 as the premiere date for the first two episodes of Season 1, and now that we're just a little over a month away from the premiere, a trailer has been relea ...

Hibino Morimasa was touring the city's Pantheon with his daughter when a sudden illness caused him to lose his balance and fatally drop some seven metres.

The ancient Roman gladiator games were a spectacle of blood and brutality that captivated audiences for centuries. While we may imagine sword-wielding gladiators fighting to the death in the arena, ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta has made a remarkable discovery: ...

Fierce fighters, enslaved and forced into a world of violence and brutality, Roman gladiators provided gruesome entertainment to the Roman public, training for months in specialized schools managed by ...

Guido Vianello, fresh off the biggest win of his career, has Anthony Joshua in his sights. Italy's Vianello stopped Alexis Barriere in Round 5 on the Jaron "Boots" Ennis vs. Uisma Lima undercard this ...